Effectiveness of Core-Needle US Guided Biopsy as Primary Tool For Diagnosis of Thyroid Nodules

Kafrelsheikh University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Thyroid Diseases; Thyroid Nodule; Thyroid Gland; Node

Treatments: Procedure: FNB; Procedure: Core biopsy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04759053

124569124577

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to determine the best intervention between Core biopsy and Fine needle aspiration in diagnosis of thyroid malignancy.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients with nodules larger than 1 cm in diameter and suspicious ultrasound criteria with TIRADS category III or higher.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a history of hemodynamic instability or inadequate coagulation profile were excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

FNB

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Core biopsy

Procedure: FNB

Core biopsy

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Procedure: Core biopsy

Procedure: FNB